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The Occupation We Choose to Ignore’

Do you know who I am? I am a Sahrawi. The land to which I refer is what is known today as the non-self-governing territory ofWestern Sahara. My country was colonized by the Spanish and the French between 1884 and 1975, divided in two and occupied by Moroccan and Mauritanian forces thereafter, and has been ruled exclusively by the Kingdom of Morocco from 1979 until the present.

The Western Sahara: forgotten first source of the Arab Spring

this is one part of the Arab Spring that western governments don't want to talk about. And their silence, and the UN's complicity in it, is why that repression continues, and a terrible injustice is perpetuated.

ISS - News - The Western Sahara and North African People’s Power

Respect the right of individuals to peacefully express their opinions regarding the status and future of the Western Sahara and to document violations of human rights

King of Morocco to be biggest benefactor of EU trade agreement - Telegraph

it has emerged that the single biggest beneficiary of the deal will be the King of Morocco, who is head of one of the three largest agricultural producers in the north African country and lays claim to 12,000 hectares of the nation's most fertile farmland.

North African Dispatches Africa’s Forgotten Colony

Oblivion it seems is the current reality for the arid North African territory of Western Sahara; often referred to as Africa’s ‘Last Colony’. In my opinion, it would be more accurate to describe it as ‘Africa’s Forgotten Colony’.

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Mar 6, 2012

Western Sahara at the British Common Council | Sahara Press Service

London, February 29, 2012 (SPS) - a meeting about Western Sahara issue held Tuesday at the British Common Council under the theme of “the next step for Western Sahara” as reported by the representation of the Polisario in London.

The meeting condemned the status quo of ignoring the issue of western Sahara by international community , , and called on the Security Council of the United Nations to expand the mandate of the MINURSO to include human rights monitoring in Western Sahara, and appreciated the position of the European Parliament, who rejected the fishing agreement between EU and Morocco.

The meeting talked to the Western Sahara issue from several angles, such as the role of the United Nations, the next negotiations between Polisario and Morocco, the human rights situation in the occupied territories of Western Sahara and the responsibility of the European Union and the illegal looting of the natural resources of the Western Sahara. (SPS)

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Africa's last colony -Western Sahara

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